Karen Lopes Graves

About Karen Lopes Graves

There’s an underground of leadership coaches and consultants who don’t look especially successful on the surface, yet are steadily earning $250k+ per year with year-over-year growth.They don’t have impressive websites.They don’t post much, if at all.They aren’t scrambling for clients or stressing about revenue every month.They’re being sought out by organizations for their insight and paid well for work that matches the value they deliver.Meanwhile, many highly capable coaches and consultants are flying by the seat of their pants juggling ad hoc offers, unpredictable revenue, and no clear system for landing steady, well-paid work.If you\'re in the latter camp, you know how frustrating it is to do work that materially improves leadership, culture, or execution and still struggle to get in front of the right decision-makers or communicate your value in a way organizations confidently say yes to.The gap between these two groups isn’t experience, effort, or credibility.The only difference is that the coaches and consultants earning steady, reliable income have learned how to translate their expertise into 5- and 6-figure contracts with organizations that value it.When organizations understand the value of your expertise at that level, conversations move quickly to scope and terms, and yeses come with far less friction.The conversation shifts from “Why you?” to “How do we work together?”Minimal adjustments to what she was saying about her expertise increased my Executive Coaching client\'s revenue by 293% in under nine months without a new website, increased visibility, or chasing clients.She now works with a small number of 7- and 8-figure organizations that bring her back year over year because her perspective shapes how leaders think and act.This didn’t happen because she did more.It happened because her expertise could finally be understood, trusted, and contracted at the level it deserves.If you’re ready for conversations that lead to real contracts with organizations that value your work, we should talk.Click Book an Appointment or send me a DM and we’ll look at what’s keeping your expertise from being contracted at that level.

Experience

1. Rapid Revenue Growth Strategist

   Karen Graves Coaching

   Nov 2007 — Present · US

   Showing Coaches, Consultants, Founders, and Experts how to make more money doing work they love.

Education

• Hampton University

  BS, Marketing

  1986 — 1990

Skills

• Teaching
• Entrepreneurship
• Sales
• Business Coaching
• Executive Coaching
• Social Networking
• Business Strategy
• Coaching
• Workshop Facilitation
• Sales Management
• Staff Development
• Management
• Team Building
• Marketing
• Training
• Small Business
• Public Speaking
• Social Media
• Marketing Strategy
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Leadership Development